Shelly Sigo

Miami-Dade County is worried about its swaps going south if Congress tinkers with the tax exemption on municipal bonds. The county had swaps covering $953 million of bonds as of September 2012.

North Carolina scheduled meetings in communities along Interstate 95 to discuss the I-95 Economic Assessment, and the next steps toward doing $4.4 billion in improvements including possible tolls.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced Friday that recent federal legislation will allow the FAA to prevent the closure of 149 federal contract air traffic control towers though fiscal 2013.

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley announced that more than 250 new road and bridge projects will move forward thanks to a $25 million bond program for rural counties.

The Jefferson County, Ala., Commission is expected to approve another settlement with creditors over $105 million of defaulted 2001B variable-rate general obligation warrants.

Gilt-edged Louisville, Ky., provides investors with an opportunity to buy high-quality bonds with combined refunding and new-money offerings of nearly $50 million on Tuesday and May 30.

Hilliard Lyons has added Grover "Butch" Canty as a public finance banker to further the firm's expansion in Western Kentucky.

Three National Football League teams in the Southeast recently ended hard-fought battles for public funds to build or improve their stadiums. Only two succeeded. The struggle was not unusual, experts say.

Moody's Investors Service on Monday said recent pension reform measures enacted by Tennessee "is credit positive because it lowers the state's contributions to the new plan and provides the state with greater control of its future pension expenses."

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has signed House Bill 1 into law imposing greater transparency and oversight requirements over the state's more than 1,200 special districts.

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed is proposing a fiscal 2014 general fund budget of $538.65 million, which is a decrease of $3.65 million over the current year's budget due to a continuing decline in property tax revenues.

Florida Legislators passed a $74.5 billion budget on Friday but the House turned down the Miami Dolphins' funding request toward $400 million in stadium improvements.

A bill reducing the exposure and potentially reducing future bond issuance by Florida's Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is headed to Gov. Rick Scott's desk.

Margaret Pope, co-founder of the South Carolina-based law firm Pope Zeigler LLC, received a 2013 Leadership in Law award recently.

The North Carolina Department of Transportation is conducting new environmental studies for the $802 million Monroe Connector/Bypass toll road for which much of the debt has already been sold.

Richland County, S.C., started paying an extra penny sales tax Wednesday, which will provide $1 billion for transportation projects over the next 22 years.

The Georgia World Congress Center Authority Tuesday approved a contract with 360 Architecture to design a $1 billion stadium for the National Football League's Atlanta Falcons.

Financially strapped Miami has notified bondholders that the Catholic Archdiocese has filed a lawsuit against the city seeking $89 million dollars in damages, plus interest, attorneys' fees, and expenses.

In this final week of legislative session, Florida lawmakers may give final approval to a bill that would authorize Neighborhood Improvement Districts to issue bonds backed by special assessments.

The Jefferson County, Ala., Commission thought it had landed a state Supreme Court justice as a replacement for the recently retired county attorney but the attorney backed out less than a week later.